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2CISUM
Srehto dna aisenodni
Term | Definition |
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Indonesia | It is a country composed of beautiful islands and scenic spots. It has different religious beliefs and speak different languages. |
Culture of Indonesia | It is greatly influenced by eastern traditions like Shamanism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam. |
Elements of the traditional music of Indonesia | Slendro(male), Pelog(female), Irama |
These have five tones that are equidistant in an octave. | Slendro(male) |
Pathets | They are the modes in music used to determine the highness and lowness of pitch |
It is the lowest mode of the male part | Slendro pathet nem |
Slendro pathet sanga | It is the medium mode of the male part |
Slendro pathet manyura | It is the highest mode of the male part |
It is a heptatonic scale or seven-tone scale with semi tones | Pelog(female) |
tittilaras ji-ro-lu syllables. | Each notation has its own tone and system of designating notes by it |
It is the medium high of the female part | pelog pathet nem |
It is the lowest mode of the female part | pelog pathet lima |
It is the highest mode of the female part | Pelog pathet barang |
Irama | It is an Indonesian tempo which is a musical concept that describes the melodic tempo in Javanese Gamelan music |
It is the most important musical ensemble in Indonesia | Gamelan |
Gamelan instruments | there 40 instruments. Only 13 different kinds. arrangement og instrument is important. |
Gamelan Orchestra | It is the most popular form of music in Indonesia |
It is the term used for every kind of gamelan music in Java | Karawitan |
It plays the skeletal part of the gamelan composition. which consists of metal bars placed on top of a box resonator. A wooden mallet is used to strike. | Saron |
It is the largest and lowest instrument of the Saron family. | Saron Demung |
Seven bronze bars. 20 cm high which is played with the player seated on the floor. It is smaller than the demung but sounds an octave higher. | Saron Barung |
It is a small xylophone with thick metal bars that sounds an octave higer than the barung | Saron Peking |
It is similar to a mandolin but only has two string played with an arc | Rebab |
Celempung | It has 26 strings where one pair is set to a tone. |
Suling/Seruling | It is an Indonesian bamboo ring flute. |
Gender | It has a loud and brilliant sounds that is made up of bronze plates suspended over resonating tubes. |
It is played with one mallet but can be played with two if it is very fast. the floor-seated player strikes node of the pot with the soft end of a mallet. | Kenong |
it is a medium-sized bronze gong with strong thick cord through two holes of a rim. nagas(dragons) | Gong Suwukan |
Bonang | A set of bronze metal kettles which plays the melodic and rhythmic variations of a composition that is played by striking the gongs with two long sticks. |
Gong Ageng | it is the most sacred, honored instrument of the gamelan that is played with a soft padded wooden stick to mark large musical phrases |
It is a wooden xylophone that doubles or anticipates the principal melody | Gambang |
It is a set of high pitched hanging knobbed gongs | Kempul |
It is a mid-sized gamelan drum which is made out of a water buffalo hide heads laced together. | Kendhang |
Ceng-ceng | Symbals which are struck together for a bright metallic sound that is made of beaten gongs. |
Sang Hyang Guru | honorable and most sacred man that is allowed to play the gong ageng |
It is a folk music, fast, has dynamic tempo and made out of metallophones/gongs | Balinese gamelan |
It is a court music, slow and solemn, and is percussion dominated | Javanese gamelan |